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title: The Basics
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These are the basics of digital privacy. If you're new to the topic, this is a good place to start. We have a few recommended pages below, or you can browse the left sidebar for the information you're looking for. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in our [community forum](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/).

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  {{< card link="basics/why-privacy-matters" title="Why Privacy Matters" subtitle="In the modern age of digital data exploitation, your privacy has never been more critical, and yet many believe it is already a lost cause. It is not. Your privacy is up for grabs, and you need to care about it. Privacy is about power, and it is so important that this power ends up in the right hands." >}}
  {{< card link="basics/threat-modeling" title="Threat Modeling" subtitle="Balancing security, privacy, and usability is one of the first and most difficult tasks you’ll face on your privacy journey. Everything is a trade-off: The more secure something is, the more restricting or inconvenient it generally is, etc. Often, people find that the problem with the tools they see recommended is that they’re just too hard to start using!" >}}
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